Locomotive toy



(No Model.) J. HANLEY.

LOOOMOTIVE TOY. I No. 439,064. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HANLEY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LOCOMOTIVE TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 439,064, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed April 26, 1890. Serial No. 349,696. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HANLEY, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State running toy having upon its handle or tonguewhistle-cylinders adapted to be operated by pistons actuated by theturning of the Wheels of the toy, in combination with a bell attached tothe said handle or tongue, the spring-hammer thereof being adapted to beactuated by a dog or trippingcatch carried upon one of the piston-rods.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of alocomotive toy embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view taken fromFig. 1. Fig. 3 is asect-ional elevation of one of the whistle-cylinders.Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bell and its hammer. Fig. 5 is a planview thereof, showing the engagement of the hammer with the dog upon thepiston-rod.

Similar numerals of reference are used to indicate like parts throughoutthe different figures.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the wheels 2 are provided upon the axle 3upon the lower end of the handle or tongue 4. The whistle-cyl- I ,inders5 upon the tongue 4 are of the form shown in Fig. 3, being provided withthe perforated diaphragm or partition 6 in the upper end of thecylinder, thus forming a whistlecavity 7 between the said partition 6and the correspondingly-perforated end of the cylinder. These cylinders5 are provided with pistons 10, adapted to work up and down in the same,and provided with suitable piston-rods 11. The lower ends 12 and 13 ofthese piston-rods 11 are bent around the guide-rods 14 and 15, andserve, so to speak, as cross-heads running thereon. A pivoted connectionis made between the cross-heads 12 and 13 and the crank-pins upon thesides of the wheels 2 by the connecting-rods l6 and 17, wherebywhen thewheels are revolved the pistons 10 are caused to travel up and down inthe said cylinders 5, thereby alternately blowing and sucking the airthrough the whistles 7 in the upper ends of the cylinders 5 and making anoise therein similar to the puffing of an engine.

The bell 20 is secured to the tongue 4 of the toy and provided with aspring-hammer 19, adapted to engage with the dog or trippingcatch 18upon the cross-head 13, whereby when the cross-head is moved up and downalong the guide 15 the dog or catch 18 is caught behind thespring-hammer 19, and upon the downstroke of the cross-head carries thesame away from the bell 20. As the cross-head is nearing the lower partof its stroke, the dog is carried out of engagement with thespring-hammer 19, thereby allowing the hammer to fly back against thebell to sound the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the wheels 2, the axle 3, andthe handle or tongue 4, with the whistle-cylinders 5, secured to saidhandle, the pistons 10, provided with the piston-rod 11, the cross-heads12 and 13 upon the ends of said rods, the guide-rods 14 and 15, adaptedto receive the same, the connecting-rods 16 and 17, forming a pivotedconnection between the said cross-head and suitable crankpins upon thesides of the wheels 2, and the bell 20, having the spring-hammer 19,adapted to be actuated to ring said bell by engaging with the dog ortripping-catch 18 upon the cross-head, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, in a running toy, of a Wheel adapted to turn upon asuitable handle with a bell carried upon said handle, a crank-pin uponsaid wheel, a cylinder secured to said handle and provided with awhistle in its end, a piston and piston-rod in said cylinder, aconnecting-rod between said piston-rod and said crank-pin, and a lugattached to the piston-rod and adapted to engage the hammer of saidbell, whereby when said wheel is rotated said bell is rung and saidwhistle sounded, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of April,1890.

JOHN HANLEY.

In presence of-- BEssIE BOOTH, A. M. GASKILL.

